Finance Committee Agenda and Packet 2025 01 16

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City Council Finance Committee Meeting Minutes November 21, 2024 Page 5 of 7 Louisville Resident Cathern Smith asked that Open Space is funded as well as Parks is funded. She asked the Finance Committee and Council continue to work towards parity between the two. Open space is very integral to our community, trails are well -used and open space gives the community a very special quality. Our open spaces are in need of restoration, and we need to update our fire mitigation and management policies related to open spaces. Because of delays in funding, we don't have a current inventory of wildlife, and we don't have information to priorities management of the open spaces. These are the kinds of things we should be looking at to preserve our riparian area in the Coal Creek corridor. She asked the committee to achieve parity between parks and open space. 2025 Citywide Fees: The Director of Finance presented the 2025 Citywide Fees to the committee. The documentation of proposed 2025 Citywide Fees was included in the meeting packet. Staff recommends approval of Resolution No. xx, Series 2024, setting certain fees, rates, and charges for the City of Louisville. Committee Comments: Councilmember Hamlington asked to look at fees for Recreation Center memberships, specifically the family fees given that nuclear families may not fit into the proposed structure. Councilmember Hoefner commented that council had received feedback on single head of household which made it into this schedule as Single Head of Household. Councilmember Hamlington commented that under the head of household membership there can be the same number of children as in the family pass. Councilmember Hoefner commented that it's understood that the family pass is two adults plus two children with an additional fee depending on the age of the children. Head of household is a single adult plus two children, with a lower fee than the family pass. Councilmember Hamlington suggested that it would be great to communicate the head of household option to the public, so they understand what head of household means so they know what is the best fit for their family. Councilmember Kern agreed that communication to the community is needed. Councilmember Hoefner commented that it was raised with councilmembers and staff this year; it was implemented very quickly and is already offered to residents. He expressed uncertainty about if there has been significant outreach to communicate it to residents. Councilmember Cooperman asked if other facility membership fees such as the Memory Square pool have also been similarly adjusted with a head of household membership. Councilmember Kern responded that it should have been a city-wide change. Councilmember Hoefner commented that the proposed fees seem consistent with the past. The committee work plan includes a discussion on how to approach this in the future; in particular, how to decide how fees are adjusted going forward, making sure we know how much each of these fees bring in in terms of revenue. It's important to be fair and even-handed across all of our fees. Councilmember Kern agreed with Councilmember Hoefner's comments around a lack of consistency with the approach to fees and commented that she would like to have more consistency with planning in the future. She also commented that part of her concern with fees for the outdoor spaces. She asked if there is flexibility with those rates, or can we discuss how we approach those rentals with consideration around 7/37